遠遠的就看見牠了，還是在路邊，一對情侶的身旁。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3QZQub8t4
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那對情侶在吵架，牠離他們那樣近，他們卻視若無睹。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkhjxc1cZM
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我在馬路的對面看著，被一隻豹看著自己與情人爭吵的感覺不知道是什麼…？429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Fq4cXUloI
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牠的頭慢慢低下，用牠的前腳掌拍了拍（還是摸？）自己的領結，幾分鐘後牠抬頭，看見了我。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PoigMHtVJ
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一瞬間讓我感覺自己是個偷窺狂。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxQX8u6DLb
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花豹離開情侶，越過馬路來到我身旁。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2XoJkr23d
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「呃…我記得上次你跟我說，如果再遇到我，要把有關哀悼的事情告訴我。」為減緩尷尬氣氛，我只能先開口。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAN9sVNZNN
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「我剛剛正那樣做。」花豹說。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFi54RCdoU3
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「我以為你所謂的哀悼，是跟死亡有關的那種。」429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuzIdc1nWm
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牠說，很多事情都可以哀悼，逝去的生命當然是其中一種，剛剛牠所哀悼的，是逝去的愛情。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FVhDpBdgW
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有時牠要替離家的游子哀悼；有時牠站在十字路口，為了十年前的一場車禍哀悼；或是在哪個女孩學會化妝與打扮後，為她哀悼。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsZth1Y8f6
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「逝去的，就不會再重生，唯一能做的就是哀悼，感謝他曾經出現。」429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m7j25oAlG
花豹說這句話的時候，沒有看著我。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgs4v0ekus
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我問牠，「哀悼」是牠的工作嗎，牠沉默了一會兒，說：「不是工作，但性質就像工作吧。」我聽不懂。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXOwY0bwpk
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我又問，還有其他花豹或其他動物也和你做一樣的事嗎，牠說：「有的，但是不多，也多半不願意接近人類，這個世界上需要哀悼的對象太多了，人類不是首選。」429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYk4iJGXyC
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當我說「那像你們這樣的…」花豹突然插話，「這就是哀悼手不願意接近人類的原因。」429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNAtvnz5yh
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「什麼？」429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQseXJiZsc8
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「你們、你們、我們、我們。」429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1XbBwJTut
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…我懂了。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6m2rPuYauG
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「對不起。」我臉一紅，對於身為人類的自己。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUPWLufSHB
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「沒關係，那是本能。」429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9Tm9YXO5L
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「我們…呃，人類的本能？」429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KlIUBOZWe
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「是的，本能。『歸類』、『命名』、『階級』，樂此不疲。」429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgQER2gvSK
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我注意到牠從未提起「你們」。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHQKeqPPFW
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「我無意使妳內疚。」429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdowUyNZi3
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「………」來不及啦，我覺得丟臉死了。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXRLt4PPXn
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「可以幫我調一下領結嗎？」429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbC2U19snl
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原來花豹是會笑的。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwRaAsSeut
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我幫牠調整了領結，紳士的點了頭道謝後，牠就走了，說下次遇見的時候再聊。429Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgLQf1UXMA
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